Combined frame-brace and stake-socket



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L. STOWB. COMBINED FRAME BRAGE AND STAKE SOCKET. No. 601,912.Patente-1111111. 5,1898.

ore/zzo'we construction, combination, and arrangement -stake-holder tosupport the side-boards of iran rares*- LORENZO STOW'E, OIF OHATTANOQGA,TENNESSEE.

COMBINED FRAME-BRACE AND STAKE-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,912, dated April 5,1898.

Application filed December 13, 1897. Serial 661,703l (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concer-n,.-

Be it known that I, LORENZO STowE, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Frame- Brace and Stake-Socket for Wagons; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, 1 such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and. use the same.

This invention relates to a combined fram ebrace and stake-socket forwagons; and ithas for its object, primarily, to provide a' novelplatform-wagons or additional sid e-boards on bed or body wagons.

A further object is to provide a novel brace and stake-support combinedfor uniting the side and cross piecesof the frame and obviating thenecessity of mortising and tenoning the same and for strengthening andcheapening the cost of construction of the frame.

To the accomplishment of these ends the invention consists in aframe-brace and stakesocketv embodying certainnovel features of ofparts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. n

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of Vportionof .a platformwagon frame embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section of the side beam and brace and stake-socket. Fig. 3is a vertical transverse section of same; Fig. 4., a perspective viewof` the brace and stakesocket detached; Fig. 5, a-perspective viewvshowing the device as adapted for use on solidbody wagons; Fig. 6,'- `avertical transverse section showing a modiiied construction of brace andstake socket, and Fig. 7 a detached perspective view showing a furthermodiedconstruction of same.

Referring now to Figs. l to 5 of the drawings, A represents the sidesill or beam, and B the cross-pieces, of a platform-wagon frame such asis ordinarily employed in hauling lumber, dirt, dac. In this class ofwagons the side-boards are usually detachably supported by stakes fittedin sockets on the side sills ltudinalsliding or lateral movement. end ofthe cross-piece is thereby supported and a bottom formed when desired,as when hauling dirt, by boards laid upon the crosspieces. The sidesills and cross-pieces are also ordinarily mortised and tenoned andfastened by means of bolts,.pins, or wedges. My invention contemplatesthe provision of a brace clamp and stake socket combined which servesthe double function ofl a fasten- A ing device to secure said sills andcross-pieces together, whereby mortising and tenoning may 'be dispensedwith, if desired, and the construction of the frame thereby cheapened,and a holder to receive the stakes which support the side-boards. Thesills and crossbars may, however, be mortised and tenoned,

. if deemed desirable, but fastened by my implate is formed with acentral bolt-hole CZ and with end "flanges e, which engage the sides ofthe cross-piece, said anges having lugs or projections f, adapted toenter recesses f in the under side of said side beam, as shown in Fig.2, to firmly hold the plate against longi- The and securely braced vtoresist pulling and twisting strains. rThe tubular stake-socket G extendsvertically on the outside of the `beam and is provided with end iiangesh, which lap over upon the top and bottom of the beam, said flangesbeing vformed with bolt-holes hf. The parts are all rigidly united by abolt I, passing downward through the beam, cross-pieces, andbolt-holes dh of the socket and clamp and provided with a retaining-nut 7e, threadedonto its lower end, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The top and bottomsurfaces of the beam are preferably recessed to receive the socket-anges.h and the bolt-hole of the upper flange countersunk to receive the headof the bolt in order that the attached side-board and cross-pieces mayfit closely against the same.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 5 the construction issubstantially the same, such changes only in the proportions IOO of theparts being made as to adapt it for use upon a solid-body wagon on whichit is desired to employ additional side-boards. To this end the socketmember is lengthened and provided with a flat shank g, formed integrallywith its upper tubular stake-receiving portion G. The flanges 71. inthis inst-ance lap over upon the top and bottom edges of the side-boardJ, and the bolt passes through said side-board.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 the socket is constructed intwotubularsections G G2,which lit and slide one within the othertelescope fashion. This construction permits of the parts being adjustedto compensate for swelling or shrinkage of the side beam or board.

In the modification shown in Fig. 7 the socket G3 is formed with abase-plate G4, having transverse beveled or dovetailed recesses G5. Theclamping-plate C2 is curved and provided with a cross-bar G7, formedwith laterally-projecting lugs or tenons G6, which are also beveled ordovetailed to t into the said recesses G5. The operation withthisconstruction will be readily understood.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of theinvention will be readily understood.

One important advantage of my present invention resides in the fact thatthe parts of the frame may be quickly assembled and a frame of greatstrength and rigidity produced from lighter timber than that ordinarilyemployed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A wagon-brace and stake-socket consisting of a clamping memberadapted to support and clamp the cross-piece to the side sill orside-board of the wagon-frame, a stake-socket member, and a bolt adaptedto connect said members together and to the side sill or sideboard,substantially as described.

2. A wagon-brace and stake-socket,consist ing of a clam pin g-plateprovided with parallel end flanges, a socket member having flanges, anda bolt adapted to be passed through the flanges on the socket 1nemberand body of the clamping-plate, substantially as described.

3. A wagon-brace and stake-socket,consist ing of a clamping-plateprovided with parallel end flan ges formed with spurs or projections, asocket member having lianges, and a bolt adapted to be passed throughthe flanges on the socket member and body of the clampingplate,substantially as described.

4. A Wagon-brace and stake-socket,con sisting of a clamping-plateprovided with abolthole and parallel end lian ges having lugs lorprojections, a vertical socket member provided with top and bottomflanges having alined bolt-holes, and a bolt adapted to be passedthrough the said holes in the socketflanges and clamping-plate,substantially as described.

5. A wagon-brace and stakesocket,consist ing of a cross-piece clampprovided with parallel end flanges each having a lug or projection, asocket member, and a bolt adapted to connect the said clamp and socketmember.

6. In a wagon, the combination with a side sill or board and bottomcross-piece,of a clamping-plate supporting the end of the cross-pieceand provided with end flanges engaging the side edges of saidcross-piece and having lugs or projections entering recesses in theunder side of the side sill or board, a vertical socket member on theexterior of said sill or board and provided with flanges lapping overupon the top and bottom edges of the same, and a bolt extending throughthe side sill or board, socket-flan ges and body of the clamping-plateand connecting said parts together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LORENZO STOWE.

1 Vitnesses:

A. A. SToNG, F. F. RALPH.

